I really can't think of anything to say about that game... Even though we got the result, all I can think of is how diabolical the refereeing was.

Did anyone else spend the entire game screaming at the ref? Looked to me like he's aiming to be Mr U. Rennie Mk2. The 4th official wasn't much better, how the hell did they come up with 6 minutes of stoppage time in the 2nd half?

I think the restriction of managers being able to criticize the officials has gone too far, ever since the "respect" campaign came in it seems that the standard of refereeing has just gotten worse and worse.

That all being said, great to see Carrol back up and running. Cole's head is in the clouds at the moment and he needs to be dropped in my opinion. Too many loose balls not being chased down and half-hearted attempts at winning the ball. Vaz Te seems to be proving to the doubters that he is in fact Premier League material. I don't think we can read too much into the fact that we struggled a bit, the bizzare refereeing made the game what it was.

Got to be honest, we were amazing first half, but the second half we clung on by a thread until the last 15 when Carroll came on when we looked like a threat again.
The amount of yellow cards shown was just obscene, 2 yellows for time wasting? One of which was in the 66th minute?! crazy.
Oh and we would've lost were it not for some excellent goalkeeping.